The Russian Daniil Medvedev advanced today to the round of 16 at Roland Garros after beating the Czech Tomas Machac in four sets, while the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime beat the American Ben Shelton in straight sets and also moved into the next round .
Medvedev, fifth in the ranking, defeated Machac (34) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5, 1-6 and 6-4 after two hours and 25 minutes of high-voltage play on the Suzanne court Lenglen and will face the Australian Alex De Minaur (11), winner of the German Jan Lennard Struff (41) by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 6-3 for the passage to the quarterfinals.
The 28-year-old Russian tennis player will try to match his best performance at the 2021 French Open, when he reached the quarterfinals, while Machac (winner of Serbian Novak Djokovic last week at the ATP 250 in Geneva) said goodbye of the tournament in which for the first time he managed to reach the third round.
Auger-Aliassime (21) completed the match that had been interrupted on Friday due to rain against Shelton (15) and took a comfortable victory 6-4, 6-2 and 6-1 that will allow him to arrive more rested for the duel with the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3), also winner in straight sets of the American Sebastian Korda (27).
Djokovic, defender of the crown in the tournament that he won three times, later faced the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (30) for the passage to the round of 16 at Roland Garros, where he needs to advance to at least the final to retain the title. first place in the ranking.
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